Blessingway: with the Three Versions of the Myth Recorded and Translated from the Navajo by Father Berard Haile, O.F.M.
by WYMAN, Leland C.
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxviii,[2],3-660pp; photographic frontispiece portrait, with black-and-white halftones and illustrations throughout. This copy from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Modest soil to... Read More
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The Mountainway of the Navajo: with a Myth of the Female Branch Recorded and Translated by Father Berard Haile, OFM
by WYMAN, Leland C.
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); terracotta cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [xvi],271,[1]pp; colorful frontispiece with black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to board edges with trace foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by Mark Sanders, unclipped (priced $14.50), with light rubbing, and... Read More
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The Wild Body: Soldier of Humor And Other Stories
by WYNDHAM, Lewis
London: Chatto and Windus, 1927. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (19.5cm); orange cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; orange topstain; 295pp+ ads.; offsetting inside front cover; light foxing to textblock; spine ends pushed; topstain faded; Very Good+, lacking the dustkjacket. The Wild Body is a series of short stories by Wyndham Lewis that appeared... Read More
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The African American Experience during World War II
by WYNN, Neil A.
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Black paper over boards, in dust jacket; [xx],163,[1]pp; black and white illustrations. Slightly dusty externally, with ex-library stamps to rear endpapers, otherwise fresh and sound: Very Good or better. Jacket lightly rubbed, else Near Fine. #61499.
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Industry in Latin America
by WYTHE, George
New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Second Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth in red pictorial dust jacket, red topstain; xiv,387pp. Jacket a bit worn with a few short closed tears to extremities, rear panel vertically and cleanly clipped in half and repaired with clear tape to verso. Still, Very Good or better in Good or better jacket. "The first... Read More
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Industry in Latin America
by WYTHE, George
New York: Columbia University Press, 1945. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original maroon blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge speckled purple; viii,[2],371pp. Small blemish to spine cloth, contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, else Very Good to Near Fine.
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Industry in Latin America
by WYTHE, George
New York: Columbia University Press, 1945. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth in red pictorial dust jacket, top edge speckled purple; viii,[2],371pp. Jacket quite worn with .5x1.5" loss to bottom edge of upper panel, another long shallow loss to bottom edge of rear panel touching the "dw" in "Broadway," additional tiny losses and closed tears, spine faded; Fine in... Read More
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Mother Mary Clotilda and Early Companions of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
by XAVERIA, A.B., Sister M.; Francis J. Van Antwerf, V.G., intro
New York: P.J. Kennedy and Sons, 1928. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); dark red cloth, linen grain, stamped in gilt and blind; 268pp,frontis,25 plates. Boards mildly rubbed and soiled (some white spots); chapped extremities w/ small bumps; gilt faded on spine. Top edge gilt; light soiling intermittent throughout interior, else clean and sound. Very Good or Better. Sister M.... Read More
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Woman, Man's Best Friend (Proverbs, Parables, Poems, Songs)
by EL MUHAJIR [pseud. Marvin X]
[San Francisco: Al Kitab Sudan Publications, 1973]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original orange pictorial wrappers printed in brown; [6],iv,[2],88pp.; text printed in brown on tan stock. Fine. Collected short poetical pieces by Marvin X, written between 1969 and 1972. He assures the reader in his introduction that he is not pushing for the women's liberation movement ("Women will be... Read More
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![The World of "Mestre" Tamoda [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/175/169/1127169175.0.m.jpg)
The World of "Mestre" Tamoda [Review Copy]
by XITU, Uanhenga; António Jacinto, intro.; Annella McDermott, trans
[London]: Readers International, [1988]. First English Language Edition. Wrapper Issue. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [6],vi,[2],158pp.Textblock a bit toned, minor wear to upper wrapper, else Very Good or better. Review copy with promotional materials laid in. Humorous short stories featuring the bush lawyer "Mestre" Tamoda, written by the Angolan author Uanhenga Xitu while a political prisoner of the... Read More
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Malcolm X on Afro-American History. Expanded and Illustrated Edition
by X, Malcolm; George Breitman, fwd
New York: Pathfinder Press, 1988. Ninth printing of the expanded edition. 12mo. Pictorial card wrappers; 74pp. Near Fine. A collection of quotes and short writings of Malcolm X's views on African-American history, first published in 1967.
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The Rescue of Danish Jewry
by YAHIL, Leni
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; burgundy cloth, with titles stamped in silver and gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,[3],4-536,[4]pp. Touch of dustiness to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a Veyr Good+ dustjacket, unclipped, with some external wearl, a few short tears and creases, and some faint foxing on verso. Detailed account... Read More
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Atlas of Creation: Volume I.
by YAHYA, Harun [pseud. Adnan Oktar] (text); Carl Nino Rossini & Ronald Evans (translation); Timothy Mossman (editor)
[Jacksonville, FL]: Global Publishing, 2007. Seventh English Edition. Publisher's typed promotional letter laid in. Quarto (38cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in gilt on spine and covers, and lenticular ornaments on covers; pictorial endpapers; [13],14-800,[20]pp. CD envelope 'Fossils Have Discredited Evolution' with CD to front pastedown. All pages present and complete. Noted zoologist James G. Mead... Read More
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Cómo Educan los Argentinos a Sus Hijos
by YALOUR DE TOBAR, Margot Romano
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Libera, [1969]. First Edition. Slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers, French flaps, yapp edges; 126pp. General mionr edge wear and light dust-soil, else Near Very Good and sound. Text entirely in Spanish.
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Yamagata
by [YAMAGATA, Hiro] Austin Jaynes, text
Fairfield, CT: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc, 1987. Revised Edition. Square Quarto (28.5cm x 28.5cm). Blue cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in gold on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; 160pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight soiling to front and back bottom corner end pages, else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; slight shelf wear to extremities; retail sticker... Read More
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![[Text in Japanese] 10th Japanese Bonsai Style Exhibition](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/991/956/1276956991.0.m.jpg)
[Text in Japanese] 10th Japanese Bonsai Style Exhibition
by YAMAGUCHI, Yasuhisa and Shinichi Nakajima (editors)
Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbun-sha, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Oblong octavo (23.5 x 24.5cm.); white paper boards in light green paper wrapper with gilt lettering; 50 unpaginated color plates. Text block has light handling wear and thumb creasing, but overall clean and sound; Fine. Wrappers show sunning along spine, with sunning and creasing along upper margins as well. Spine slightly... Read More
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Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings
by YANG-MING, Wang (text); CHAN, Wing-Tsit (translation)
New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xlii,[3],4-358pp, with black and white frontispiece. Spine ends gently bumped, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, spine-sunned, and lightly shelfworn, with some rubbing to panels, and a few tiny nicks, tears, and... Read More
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Cautionary Tales [Signed]
by YARBRO, Chelsea Quinn
London: Granada Publishing Limited, 1983. Reprint. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; 285,[3]pp. Signed and dated by the author (1984) on the title page. Pinpoint wear to extremities, else very Near Fine and unread. Collection of 13 short stories culled from various sci-fi magazines and journals.
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![Time of the Fourth Horseman [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/665/388/1102388665.0.m.jpg)
Time of the Fourth Horseman [Signed]
by YARBRO, Chelsea Quinn
New York: Ace Books, 1981. First Ace Edition. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [vi],250pp. Signed and dated by the author (1984) on the title page. Pinpoint wear to extremities, faint diagonal crease to upper left corner of rear wrapper, with some mild tanning to text edges; Very Good+ or better. Yarbro's 1976 novel in which the government re-introduces certain... Read More
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![False Dawn [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/656/388/1102388656.0.m.jpg)
False Dawn [Signed]
by YARBRO, Chelsea Quinn
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. Book Club Edition. Octavo; royal blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 208,[6]pp. Signed and dated by the author (1984) on the title page. Large bookplate removed from front endpaper; Very Good+. Dustjacket is clipped, a bit edgeworn, with a small chip to lower left corner of... Read More
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MADO - A Discussion Monthly. Two Issues, with Prospectus in English
by YAROH, Tonda (editor & publisher)
Nagoya, Japan: Tonda Yaroh, 1958-9. Two issues of this monthly socialist-pacifist newsletter, together with a mimeographed prospectus in English. Includes issue nos. 37 (Fall 1958) and 38 (Winter 1958-9). Each issue on a single sheet of newsprint, 44cm x 32cm, folded to make eight pages. Prospectus on a single sheet, 36cm x 27cm, printed recto-only. Newletters toned (but not... Read More
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Were Death Denied
by YATES, Dornford
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 246pp. Bit of fading to cloth at board edges and spine ends, else a tight, Very Good copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, price clipped, slightly rubbed and worn with shallow losses at head and heel, not affecting titles. One of Yates' "Chandos"... Read More
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TIGHT. ONE
by Yau, John, Tom Clark, April Bernard, Billy Collins, Ted Enslin, et al.
Bennington: Bennington College, 2001. First edition. Crisp elegant little poetry journal put out by a pair of Bennington students; this issue, the first, features an interview with John Yau. Two poems by Billly Collins: "The Crows in Russia" "Colorado". Fine.
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Paseo de las Esculturas / Cuautitlan Izcalli
by [YAZBEK, Charlotte aka Charlotte Mata Rascála]
Mexico City: Editorial Artes de Mexico, 1976. First Edition. Tall quarto. Tan linen boards (hardcover) stamped in blue and green; [72]pp; illus. Lacking dustjacket. Lightly worn copy with a few stains to prelims; text clean and unmarked, plates fresh. Photo-essay of the Parque de las Esculturas in the Mexico City suburb of Cuautitlan Izcallil, featuring a large body of... Read More
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The Pio Nonite: 1932
by [Yearbook] STUDZINSKI, Lambert (Ed.)
[St. Francis, WI]: Pio Nono High School Senior Class, 1932. Edition not stated. Slim quarto (27.5cm); brown leatherette wrappers, stamped in gilt and blind; 126pp. Wrappers partially split along rear fore edge, with creases, bumps and chips along other extremities; gilt rubbed in spots. Bindings slightly shaken but intact; textblock yellowed, with trivial soiling and handling wear throughout. Overall... Read More
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